"The 2008 Nintendo DS game Cory in the House is set to dethrone Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 as Metacritic's top user-rated video game in the near future, following a seemingly unengineered campaign on Reddit to boost its overall user rating. You know it, you love it, and yet I doubt you've ever played it, but Cory in the House is the meme that will never die."
"Although the stealth adventure game based on the Disney Channel TV show of the same name may have been panned by critics when it was first released, Cory in the House has developed quite a storied history when it comes to user rankings online. The first wave of reverse review bombing for the title originated all the way back in 2013, following a campaign by members of the 4chan board /v/, which resulted in the game reaching the #1 most-requested FAQ spot on GameFAQs."
The 2008 Nintendo DS game Cory in the House has become a persistent online meme and has accumulated unusually high user ratings on Metacritic. The game experienced a wave of reverse review bombing beginning in 2013 after a 4chan /v/ campaign that boosted its visibility and GameFAQs ranking. The title reached a 9.5 user score on Reddit at one point and later dipped to 9.3 on Metacritic in August 2025, remaining the seventh-highest user-rated game. The game's Metacritic ranking climbed steadily over the past year and surged to the second-highest user-rated game in late December 2025, coinciding with the arrival of Clair Obscur: Expedition 33.
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